weight upon the one she trusted. And He
says to us, "Casting all your care upon Him for He careth for you." He
would have us prove our love by a perfect trust that makes no reserve. He
is able to carry all our care, to manage all our interests, to satisfy all
our needs. Let us go forth leaning on His breast and feeding on His life.
For John not only leaned but also fed. It was at supper that he leaned.
This is the secret of feeding on Him, to rest upon His bosom. This is the
need of the fevered heart of man. Let us cry to Him, "Tell me whom my soul
loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon."

JUNE 29.

"He dwelleth with you and shall be in you" (John xiv. 17).

Do not fail to mark these two stages in Christian life. The one is the
Spirit's work in us, the other is the Spirit's personal coming to abide
within us. All true Christians know the first, but few, it is to be
feared, understand and receive the second. There is a great difference
between my building a house and my going to reside in that house and make
it my home. And there is a great difference between the Holy Spirit's work
in regenerating a soul--the building of a house, and His coming to reside,
abide and control in our innermost spirit and our whole life and being.

Have we received Him Himself not as our Guest, but as the Owner,
Proprietor and Keeper of the temple He has built to be "an habitation of
God through the Spirit"?

This is my wonderful story,
Christ to my heart has come,
Jesus the King of glory,
Finds in my heart a home.

I am so glad I received Him,
Jesus, my heart's dear King,
I, who so often have grieved Him,
All to His feet would bring.

JUNE 30.

"Therefore, choose" (Deut. xxx. 19).

Men are choosing every day the spiritual or earthly. And as we choose we
are taking our place unconsciously with the friends of Christ, or the
world. It is not merely what ye say, it is what we prefer.

When Solomon made his great choice at Gibeon, God said to him, "Because
this was in thine heart to ask wisdom, therefore will I give it unto thee,
and all else besides that thou didst not choose." It was not merely that
he said it because it was right to say, and would please God if he said
it. But it was the thing his heart preferred, and God saw it in his heart
and gave it to him with all besides that he had not chosen. What are we
choosing, beloved? It is our choice that settles our desti